Opinion: Climate and Industrial Innovation - Thermal Energy Solutions Needed
Republican and Democratic policymakers have long supported polices to generate electricity with clean energy and to power our cars and trucks with alternative fuels, including electricity. Lawmakers prioritized these sectors for good reason; they are the largest sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and investing in them stimulates our economy and creates the jobs of the future.
But now it’s time for Congress to take on the long-overlooked and third largest source of energy-related GHG emissions: the heat needed for running industrial processes. Tackling these emissions is essential to effective action on climate change and presents tremendous economic opportunities for the United States.